The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

Manifest Destiny was a belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent, shaping US policies and ...

In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said the United States would be a nation that “expands its territory” and referenced the pursuit of “Manifest Destiny into the stars,” vowing to land ...

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His was, no doubt, the most accomplished presidency in the 64 years between George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s. And ...

It’s mostly attributed to John O’Sullivan, a 19th-century conservative ... of the U.S. annexation of Texas as part of its “manifest destiny” to control the continent.

Monroe declared the importance of “Manifest Destiny” in an 1823 speech before Congress, after a major victory had been negotiated by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams with Spain.

And where Washington and Lincoln had arrived at moments freighted with destiny and danger ... dated far before newspaper columnist John O’Sullivan coined the phrase in 1845 in support of ...